Speech communication ( Process and Levels)
- 1. Speech Communication Process and Levels By Michelle Buere
- 2. Communication as a Process • Human communication is interpersonal, it is purposive and it is a process.
- 3. • Question: What do we mean by process?
- 4. • Answer: By process we mean that steps have to be taken and in a set/particular order to achieve a desired result/goal.
- 6. . SENDER/ENCODER • The sender also known as the encoder decides on the message to be sent, the best/most effective way that it can be sent.
- 7. • The sender may want to ask him/herself questions like: What words will I use? Do I need signs or pictures?
- 8. MEDIUM • The medium is the immediate form which a message takes.
- 9. CHANNEL • The channel is that which is responsible for the delivery of the chosen message form.
- 10. RECEIVER • The receiver or the decoder is responsible for extracting/decoding meaning from the message.
- 11. • The receiver is also responsible for providing feedback to the sender.
- 12. FEEDBACK • This is important as it determines whether or not the decoder grasped the intended meaning and whether communication was successful.
- 13. CONTEXT • The context of any communication act is the environment surrounding it.
- 14. NOISE (also called interference) • This is any factor that inhibits the conveyance of a message.
- 15. Two types of Noise • (internal noise) A student worrying about an incomplete assignment may not be attentive in class
- 16. Two types of Noise • external noise The sounds of heavy rain on a galvanized roof may inhibit the reading of a storybook to second graders
- 17. Levels of Communication • 1st stage: Thinking This stage starts with the birth of an idea of the speaker. The
- 18. • 2nd stage: Symbolizing The speaker is now ready to share to his audience orally through the use of words.
- 19. • 3rd stage: Expressing The speaker is now ready to his ideas in an audible speech using appropriate gestures.
- 20. • 4th stage: Transmitting • The ideas and feelings are transmitted into the ears of the listeners. The surroundings must be conducive for the audience.
- 21. • 5th stage: Receiving • As the sound waves that carry the ideas of the speaker reach the ears of the listeners, a series of movements takes place.
- 22. • 6th stage: Decoding • This stage will lead the listeners to understand what the speaker wants to convey.
- 23. • 7th stage: Reaction or “Feedback” – It is normal situation to see listeners giving responses to what was heard from the speakers.
- 24. • 8th stage: Monitoring • The speaker should be sensitive in giving the needs of his audience.